Comparison

Puppet Pals vs Endless Learning Academy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puppet Pals

This app provides a complete toolkit for students to create animated stories, ideal for educational projects like book reports and historical reenactments. It allows for custom character and backdrop creation using drawing or photos, and includes over 100 pre-loaded characters. The app is safe for schools with no online sharing or ads.

Highlights
  • Create animated stories
  • Draw custom characters and backdrops
  • Use photos as characters/backgrounds
  • Over 100 pre-loaded characters
  • Printable lesson plans and resources
  • Offline functionality
Features
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The complete classroom storytelling toolkit Puppet Pals helps students bring learning to life through animated storytelling. Create book reports, historical reenactments, science explanations, and more — all with the magic of puppet theater. Everything included. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Unlimited characters! DRAW: Students can draw unlimited custom characters and backdrops, bringing any story to life. PHOTO: Students can turn any photo into a character or background. INCLUDED: Over 100 pre-loaded characters NEW: Printable Lesson Plans & Resources Ready-to-use activities aligned to curriculum standards: English Language Arts — Story structure, character development, dialogue History — "Interview a Historical Figure" projects, timeline presentations Science — Explain-a-concept projects, hypothesis presentations Social-Emotional Learning — Conflict resolution, feelings identification World Languages — Vocabulary skits, conversation practice Assessment rubrics included to evaluate student storytelling projects. Safe for schools: No online sharing or social features No accounts required No advertisements Works completely offline Perfect for elementary and middle school classrooms, homeschool families, speech therapy, and special education settings.

About

Endless Learning Academy

This app offers interactive early learning lessons for children aged 2-6, covering letters, numbers, reading, math, emotions, and more. It features thousands of progressive modules and video lessons with adorable characters to make learning fun and engaging.

Highlights
  • Interactive lessons for letters and numbers
  • Reading and phonics development
  • Math and counting activities
  • Learning emotions and social skills
  • Thousands of progressive lesson modules
  • Offline access to all content
Features
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***Download to TRY FREE – no cancellation fee or commitment!*** Prepare your child for Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and beyond with this interactive early learning educational app from Originator - Endless Learning Academy! Kids will learn letters, phonics, vocabulary, reading, numbers, math, emotions, feelings, and a whole lot more, with an ever growing curriculum all while having FUN with the adorable Endless monsters! PRESS AND REVIEWS: ⁃ KidSAFE Certified ⁃ Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice ⁃ Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient - National Parenting Product Awards Winner - Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award ⁃ Apple App Store "Best Education Apps for Your Child" CURRICULUM: Endless Learning Academy includes thousands of progressive lesson modules and delightful interactive learning activities covering: - ABC’s - Reading - Handwriting - Vocabulary - Phonics - Spelling - 123’s - Learn numbers - Math for kids - Quantity - Counting - Sequences - Arithmetic - Emotions - Music - Spanish - Art & coloring - …and much more In addition to the interactive lessons, this app includes hours of video lessons on hundreds of subjects to deepen your child’s early learning across a vast array of subjects including: - Time & duration (e.g. morning, before, after) - Colors & shapes (e.g. red, blue, circle) - Size & weight (e.g. big, small, tall) - Direction & orientation (e.g. top, bottom, over, under) - Physical states & conditions (e.g. on, off, fast, slow) - Actions (e.g. throw, catch, sit, stand) - Anatomy (e.g. eyes, ears, hands, feet) - Human senses & functions (e.g. sleep, smell, hear, yawn) - Hobbies (e.g. bicycling, climbing, baking, dancing) - Social emotions (e.g. share, help, determination, friendship) - Feelings (e.g. brave, curious, excited, proud) - Weather & seasons (e.g. rain, summer, thunder, wind) - Geography & places (e.g. farm, garden, lake) - Plants & animals (e.g. bird, elephant, fruit, flower) - Physical science (e.g. sun, stars) FEATURES: - Thousands of interactive lessons let your child see, hear, and feel concepts come to life. - Delightful animations reinforce basic concepts, deeper understanding, and subtle nuances. - Customizable Common Core based lesson plans grow with your child: progress to more advanced lessons when they're ready, or review individual lessons or entire lesson plans. - Freeplay mode allows kids to focus on specific subjects for more practice. - Multiple user profiles on each device allow the entire family to learn at their own pace. - 7-day free trial gives you unlimited access to all activities and lessons in the app before paying. A limited version of the app is available even for non-subscribers. - Designed and developed for children of ages 2-6+. - 100% free of advertisements and offers. - Learn on the go: all lessons and activities are accessible when the device is offline. - Endless Learning Academy was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your children can interact with the app at their own pace. ** NOTE: The app must be periodically connected to the internet to validate the status of your subscription. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Endless Learning Academy is a subscription service that gives total access to everything available in the app. You can choose to subscribe on a monthly or annual basis. ⁃ Payment will be charged to your Apple iTunes account after the 7-day free trial. ⁃ Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Your subscription gives you complete access to a version of the app on Apple TV. ⁃ Cancel your subscription anytime without a cancellation fee through Account Settings on your device. Privacy Policy: https://playpiknik.link/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://playpiknik.link/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Puppet Pals4 screens
Endless Learning Academy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Endless Learning Academy at Free against Puppet Pals's $6.99. Endless Learning Academy also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 13) and device support (4 vs 2). Puppet Pals's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and review sentiment (70% vs 53%). On rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Endless Learning Academy is free to download; Puppet Pals costs $6.99 up front. Endless Learning Academy sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Puppet Pals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Puppet Pals against 4.2 for Endless Learning Academy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Endless Learning Academy has 1.7K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Puppet Pals's written reviews are positive against 53% of Endless Learning Academy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Puppet Pals versus Endless Learning Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet PalsEndless Learning Academy
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (13 ratings)4.2 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews — better52.7% of reviews
Number of ratings131.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB1005 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolished Play, LLCOriginator Inc.

Customer experience

Puppet Pals

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative24.2%

Endless Learning Academy

All ratings1,685 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral13.1%
Negative34.2%

Bugs and requests

Puppet Pals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Endless Learning Academy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rollercoaster feature gets stuck
  • Pronunciation issues with some words
  • Inconsistent video playback
  • Progress not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more languages like French and Russian
  • Introduce adaptive difficulty levels
  • Allow creating custom word/number lists
  • Integrate with other learning apps and platforms
  • Improve offline access for all content

In-app purchases

None

Puppet Pals

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Endless Learning Academy

Subscriptions11
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Endless Learning Academy1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Endless Learning Academy$7.991 Month
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  • Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription (Fan)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription (Fan)$34.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Endless Learning Academy7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Endless Learning Academy2 Months trial$49.991 Year
  • Endless Learning Academy$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$89.99

Questions

Is Puppet Pals free?
Puppet Pals costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Endless Learning Academy free?
Endless Learning Academy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Pals or Endless Learning Academy?
Endless Learning Academy is rated higher. Puppet Pals averages 4.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Endless Learning Academy averages 4.2 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Puppet Pals or Endless Learning Academy have ads?
Neither Puppet Pals nor Endless Learning Academy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puppet Pals or Endless Learning Academy?
Puppet Pals ships an update every 3 weeks, and Endless Learning Academy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Puppet Pals was updated on September 11, 2026 and Endless Learning Academy on September 23, 2026.

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